help with INFECTION CONTROL NCLEX review

[skyhigh123]

Hey everyone I was just wondering what is the best way to review for the infection control portion of the NCLEX. I have read from this forum that the NLCEX has alot of infection control questions so I am a little worried about how to study for it. Is there a particular book or online module that is helpful?

Thanks so much!

[suzanne4, RN]

What you covered in your training should be just fine, you need to pay attention as to which type of patients can be roomed together and which need to have their own rooms, as well as the type of protective equipment that is needed by the staff when taking care of the specific patient.

Also be aware of the requirements for positive-flow as well as negative-flow ventilation and for what types of patients that these are needed for.

Best of luck on your exam.

[LDR-RN]

Negative pressure is for TB pts. in the hospital with six exchanges of fresh air per hour-door tightly closed

what disease would you use positive pressure for?

also what about reverse isolation? it's to protect the pt right? I always get confused on this.

[truern]

poppyseed, if you do a search online for information about standard, contact, droplet and airborned precautions and know your PPE (personal protective equipment: gloves, goggles, mask, gown, shoe covers, caps, etc) and when its required you'll have a handle on what you need to know. Also know which things are airborne (ex: TB, chickenpox, measles), droplet (ex: rubella, pertussis, influenza), and contact (ex: VRE, MRSA) and what to do with those patients.

Here's a site with some of these things spelled out for you: http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Publications_PracticalguidelinSEAROpub-41.pdf

Keep in mind its a comprehensive guide and contains a LOT of information.

I had a ton of infection control questions on my NCLEX-RN....I was so thankful I had reviewed the material the weekend before!!

Edited to add this site: http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:--uwFbv7PjAJ:www.sfcdcp.org/document.html%3Fid%3D68+infection+control+precautions&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

[bjbabs24]

Thank you so much for the links!!! I am finding them very helpful and straight forward. One less thing to stress about:)

[cebuana_nurse]

I guess this mnemonics helped me the most. Thanks to the genius who formulated this (don't know who he/she is). Memorized it 2 days before my exam:

Infection Precautions has 3 types: Airborne, Droplet and Contact

Airborne (My Chicken Hez TB)

Measles

Chicken pox

Herpes Zoster

Tuberculosis

Management:

-private room

-negative airflow pressure, minimum of 6-12 air exchanges per hour

-UV germicide irradiation/ high efficiency air

filter is used, mask, N95 mask for TB

Droplet (SPIDERMAn)

Scarlet fever

Sepsis

Streptococcal pharyngitis

Pertussis

Parvovirus B19

Pneumonia

Influenza

Diphtheria

Epiglottitis

Rubella

Mumps

Mycoplasmal/Meningeal Pneumonia

AdeNovirus

Management:

-private room

-mask

Contact (MRS.WEE)

Multi-resistant organism

Respiratory Syncitial Virus

S.kin Infections (e.g:VCHIPSS- Varicella zoster, Cutaneous Diphtheria, Herpes Simplex, Impetigo, Pediculosis, Staph infection and Scabies)

Wound Infection

Enteric Infection (Clostridium Difficile)

Eye Infection (Conjunctivitis)

Management:

-MRSA: gloves, gown, goggles, face shield

-patients should be in a private room

[lusi063]

thanks for this information....but i have a question to u....in contact precaution stethscop can share to other pt or only 1 sthescope use for 1 contact pt.....got confuse pls.....help me if u can..

thanks

[lollipop28]

Thanks for posting this. That will help a great deal.

[Gold2010]

poppyseed, if you do a search online for information about standard, contact, droplet and airborned precautions and know your PPE (personal protective equipment: gloves, goggles, mask, gown, shoe covers, caps, etc) and when its required you'll have a handle on what you need to know. Also know which things are airborne (ex: TB, chickenpox, measles), droplet (ex: rubella, pertussis, influenza), and contact (ex: VRE, MRSA) and what to do with those patients.

Here's a site with some of these things spelled out for you: http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Publications_PracticalguidelinSEAROpub-41.pdf

Keep in mind its a comprehensive guide and contains a LOT of information.

I had a ton of infection control questions on my NCLEX-RN....I was so thankful I had reviewed the material the weekend before!!

Edited to add this site: http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:--uwFbv7PjAJ:www.sfcdcp.org/document.html%3Fid%3D68+infection+control+precautions&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

Thank you so much for this useful information. Your kind of nurses are wonderful.

[caliotter3]

When you are concerned about a specific area for the test, make a special effort to spend more time on that area. Do not just gloss over lists of facts. Memorize some major facts, enough so that you can eliminate obvious wrong answers.